Bambara language
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"Bamanan" redirects here. For the Rokia Koné and Jacknife Lee album, see Bamanan (album).
Bambara, also known as Bamana (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲) or Bamanankan (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲; Arabic script: بامانانكان), is a lingua franca and national language of Mali spoken by perhaps 14 million people, natively by 4.2 million Bambara people and about 10 million second-language users.[1] It is estimated that about 80 percent of the population of Mali speak Bambara as a first or second language. It has a subject–object–verb clause structure and two lexical tones.[citation needed]
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Bambara | |
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Bámánánkán / بامانانكان / ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲ | |
Native to | Mali |
Region | central southern Mali |
Ethnicity | Bamana |
Native speakers | L1: 4.2 million (2012)[1] L2: 10 million (2012)[1] |
Latin, Arabic (Ajami), N'ko | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Mali (co-official) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | bm |
ISO 639-2 | bam |
ISO 639-3 | bam |
Glottolog | bamb1269 |
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